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Definition 2025
tappaa
tappaa
Finnish
(index ta)
Verb
tappaa
Conjugation
| Inflection of tappaa (Kotus type 56/kaivaa, pp-p gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | tapan | en tapa | 1st sing. | olen tappanut | en ole tappanut | |
| 2nd sing. | tapat | et tapa | 2nd sing. | olet tappanut | et ole tappanut | |
| 3rd sing. | tappaa | ei tapa | 3rd sing. | on tappanut | ei ole tappanut | |
| 1st plur. | tapamme | emme tapa | 1st plur. | olemme tappaneet | emme ole tappaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | tapatte | ette tapa | 2nd plur. | olette tappaneet | ette ole tappaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | tappavat | eivät tapa | 3rd plur. | ovat tappaneet | eivät ole tappaneet | |
| passive | tapetaan | ei tapeta | passive | on tapettu | ei ole tapettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | tapoin | en tappanut | 1st sing. | olin tappanut | en ollut tappanut | |
| 2nd sing. | tapoit | et tappanut | 2nd sing. | olit tappanut | et ollut tappanut | |
| 3rd sing. | tappoi | ei tappanut | 3rd sing. | oli tappanut | ei ollut tappanut | |
| 1st plur. | tapoimme | emme tappaneet | 1st plur. | olimme tappaneet | emme olleet tappaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | tapoitte | ette tappaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte tappaneet | ette olleet tappaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | tappoivat | eivät tappaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat tappaneet | eivät olleet tappaneet | |
| passive | tapettiin | ei tapettu | passive | oli tapettu | ei ollut tapettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | tappaisin | en tappaisi | 1st sing. | olisin tappanut | en olisi tappanut | |
| 2nd sing. | tappaisit | et tappaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit tappanut | et olisi tappanut | |
| 3rd sing. | tappaisi | ei tappaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi tappanut | ei olisi tappanut | |
| 1st plur. | tappaisimme | emme tappaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme tappaneet | emme olisi tappaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | tappaisitte | ette tappaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte tappaneet | ette olisi tappaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | tappaisivat | eivät tappaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat tappaneet | eivät olisi tappaneet | |
| passive | tapettaisiin | ei tapettaisi | passive | olisi tapettu | ei olisi tapettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | tapa | älä tapa | 2nd sing. | ole tappanut | älä ole tappanut | |
| 3rd sing. | tappakoon | älköön tappako | 3rd sing. | olkoon tappanut | älköön olko tappanut | |
| 1st plur. | tappakaamme | älkäämme tappako | 1st plur. | olkaamme tappaneet | älkäämme olko tappaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | tappakaa | älkää tappako | 2nd plur. | olkaa tappaneet | älkää olko tappaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | tappakoot | älkööt tappako | 3rd plur. | olkoot tappaneet | älkööt olko tappaneet | |
| passive | tapettakoon | älköön tapettako | passive | olkoon tapettu | älköön olko tapettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | tappanen | en tappane | 1st sing. | lienen tappanut | en liene tappanut | |
| 2nd sing. | tappanet | et tappane | 2nd sing. | lienet tappanut | et liene tappanut | |
| 3rd sing. | tappanee | ei tappane | 3rd sing. | lienee tappanut | ei liene tappanut | |
| 1st plur. | tappanemme | emme tappane | 1st plur. | lienemme tappaneet | emme liene tappaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | tappanette | ette tappane | 2nd plur. | lienette tappaneet | ette liene tappaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | tappanevat | eivät tappane | 3rd plur. | lienevät tappaneet | eivät liene tappaneet | |
| passive | tapettaneen | ei tapettane | passive | lienee tapettu | ei liene tapettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | tappaa | present | tappava | tapettava | ||
| long 1st2 | tappaakseen | past | tappanut | tapettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | tappaessa | tapettaessa | agent1, 3 | tappama | |
| instructive | tappaen | — | negative | tappamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | tappamassa | — | 1) Usually with a possessive suffix. 2) Used only with a possessive suffix; this is the form for the third-person singular and third-person plural. |
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| elative | tappamasta | — | ||||
| illative | tappamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | tappamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | tappamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | tappaman | tapettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | tappaminen | ||||
| partitive | tappamista | |||||
| 5th2 | tappamaisillaan | |||||
Synonyms
- (to kill, slay): surmata, ottaa hengiltä; laittaa kylmäksi (idiom), päästää päiviltä (idiom)